KR20100107161A - A refrigerator and assembly method thereof - Google Patents

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KR20100107161A
KR20100107161A KR1020090025309A KR20090025309A KR20100107161A KR 20100107161 A KR20100107161 A KR 20100107161A KR 1020090025309 A KR1020090025309 A KR 1020090025309A KR 20090025309 A KR20090025309 A KR 20090025309A KR 20100107161 A KR20100107161 A KR 20100107161A
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엘지전자 주식회사
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D11/00—Additional features or accessories of hinges
    • E05D11/0054—Covers, e.g. for protection
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
    • F25D23/028—Details
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS AND DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION, CHECKS FOR WINGS AND WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05Y2800/00—Details, accessories and auxiliary operations not otherwise provided for
    • E05Y2800/40—Protection
    • E05Y2800/422—Protection against vibration or noise
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2323/00—General constructional features not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2323/02—Details of doors or covers not otherwise covered
    • F25D2323/024—Door hinges
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2400/00—General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
    • F25D2400/18—Aesthetic features

Abstract

Embodiment of the present invention relates to a refrigerator and a method of assembling the refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator to improve the hinge cover structure of the door to facilitate its assembly.

In the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention, the body forming a storage compartment; A door rotatably coupled to the front of the main body and into which a hinge shaft is inserted; A hinge cover unit provided on an upper surface of the main body and covering the hinge axis; And a mounting unit coupled to one side of the hinge cover unit, wherein the hinge cover unit includes: a coupling rib to allow the hinge cover unit to be coupled to the main body; And an interference rib provided at one side of the coupling rib and spaced apart from an upper surface of the main body for coupling the mounting unit.

According to the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention, since the door hinge cover and the mounting unit are easily assembled, the appearance of the refrigerator may be beautiful and noise may be reduced.

Description

Assembly method of refrigerator and refrigerator

An embodiment according to the invention relates to a refrigerator.

Refrigerators are generally home appliances that maintain the internal temperature lower than the room temperature, so that food can be stored for a long time in a refrigerated or frozen state.

In general, the refrigerator includes a main body in which a storage compartment is formed. The storage compartment includes a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment, and stores the storage that requires refrigeration and freezing storage in the storage compartment.

In addition, the refrigerator includes a door that selectively shields the storage compartment. The door is rotatably coupled to the body.

In order to rotate the door, the main body may be provided with a hinge shaft and a hinge cover that provide a center of rotation of the door. The hinge shaft may extend from the main body and be inserted into the door.

On the other hand, according to the conventional refrigerator, misassembly was frequently occurred in the process of assembling the hinge cover to the body.

In this case, the appearance of the refrigerator is deteriorated, and in the process of opening and closing the refrigerator door, a problem occurs in that the opening and closing of the door is poor. As a result, there is a problem that the reliability of the product is lowered, and the user's dissatisfaction is amplified.

An embodiment of the present invention has been proposed to solve the problems as described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator that is easy to assemble the hinge cover by improving the hinge cover structure of the refrigerator door.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator in which a magnet member mounting unit provided in a main body of the refrigerator is installed at a proper position so that opening and closing of the refrigerator door can be easily performed.

In the refrigerator according to the embodiment for achieving the above object, the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention, the main body to form a storage compartment; A door rotatably coupled to the front of the main body and into which a hinge shaft is inserted; A hinge cover unit provided on an upper surface of the main body and covering the hinge axis; And a mounting unit coupled to one side of the hinge cover unit, wherein the hinge cover unit includes: a coupling rib to allow the hinge cover unit to be coupled to the main body; And an interference rib provided at one side of the coupling rib and spaced apart from an upper surface of the main body for coupling the mounting unit.

In addition, the method of assembling the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of fastening the mounting unit on the upper surface of the refrigerator body; A hinge cover unit coupled to one side of the mounting unit; And the guide rib of the mounting unit is moved below the interference rib of the hinge cover unit.

According to the proposed embodiment, since the hinge cover unit and the mounting unit can be assembled in the correct position, the appearance of the refrigerator can be beautiful and the noise of the refrigerator door can be less generated.

In addition, since the interaction between the mounting unit and the refrigerator door is made smoothly, opening and closing of the door is easy, and thus there is an effect that the storage compartment may be easily sealed and cold air may be easily stored.

In addition, even if misassembly occurs between the hinge cover unit and the mounting unit, there is an advantage that the components can be reassembled in place by simple operation.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings will be described a specific embodiment of the present invention. However, the spirit of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments presented, and those skilled in the art who understand the spirit of the present invention can easily suggest other embodiments within the scope of the same idea.

1 is a perspective view illustrating a refrigerator according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion “A” of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a hinge cover unit according to a first embodiment of the present invention. An exploded perspective view showing the coupling structure of the mounting unit.

1 to 3, a refrigerator 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 10 forming a storage compartment, a refrigerating compartment door 20 and a freezing compartment door 30 that selectively shield the storage compartment. Included.

The storage chamber includes a refrigerating chamber 11 for refrigerated storage and a freezing chamber (not shown) for freezing and storing the stock. The refrigerating chamber 11 is formed above the main body 10, and the freezing chamber is formed below the main body 10.

The refrigerating compartment door 20 may be rotatably coupled to the front of the refrigerating compartment 11, and a plurality of refrigerating compartment doors may be provided on both sides of the refrigerating compartment 11.

The freezer compartment door 30 is configured to be pulled forward, and the freezer compartment is formed at a rear side of the freezer compartment door 30.

In the present exemplary embodiment, a bottom freezer type in which the refrigerating chamber 11 is formed at the top and the freezing chamber is formed at the bottom will be described as an example. It is noted in advance that the by side type or freezer compartment can also be applied to top mount type refrigerators formed on top of the refrigerator compartment.

On the upper side of the main body 10, a hinge assembly (not shown) provided for the rotation of the refrigerating compartment door 20 is provided. The hinge assembly includes a hinge shaft 150 extending from an upper surface of the main body 10 and inserted into the refrigerating compartment door 20.

In addition, the hinge assembly may be provided with a fixing structure (not shown) for fixing the hinge shaft 150 to the main body 10. Detailed description thereof will be omitted.

An upper portion of the hinge assembly is provided with a hinge cover unit 100 that covers the hinge shaft 150 and the fixing structure.

The hinge cover unit 100 is provided with a cover body 110 forming an appearance, and a door switch 130 provided on the front surface of the cover body 110 to sense opening and closing of the refrigerating compartment door 20. .

When the refrigerating compartment door 20 is closed, the door switch 130 is turned on, and control such as supplying cold air to the refrigerating compartment 11 or turning off the lighting inside the refrigerating compartment 11 is performed. .

In addition, the hinge cover unit 100 is provided with a coupling part 120 to allow the mounting unit 200 to be coupled thereto. The configuration of the coupling unit 120 will be described later with reference to the drawings.

The mounting unit 200, the body portion 210 to form an appearance, and a guide provided on one side of the body portion 210 to guide the coupling of the mounting unit 200 and the hinge cover unit 100 Ribs 250 are provided.

In the state in which the hinge cover unit 100 and the mounting unit 200 are completely combined, the guide rib 250 may be disposed to be fitted to one side of the coupling part 120.

The body portion 210 includes a front portion 211 forming a front surface of the mounting unit 200. In the state in which the mounting unit 200 is coupled to the main body 10, the front portion 211 faces the front of the main body 10.

On the other hand, the main body 10, the outer case 15 for forming the outer appearance of the main body 10, and the inner case provided inside the outer case 15 to form the inner appearance of the main body 10 (16) is included.

The outer case 15 and the inner case 16 may be assembled with each other, and a heat insulating material (not shown) may be provided between the outer case 15 and the inner case 16.

The outer case 15 may be made of a steel material and may operate with a magnet (not shown) provided in the refrigerating compartment door 20. That is, an attraction force acts between the outer case 15 and the magnet to maintain the closed state of the refrigerating compartment door 20.

4 is a view illustrating a configuration of a mounting unit according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II ′ of FIG. 4.

4 and 5, in the mounting unit 200 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, a body portion 210 forming an appearance and a body portion 210 formed on one surface of the body portion 210 may be formed. A fastening hole 215 into which the fastening member 217 is inserted is formed to engage with the 10. The fastening hole 215 may be formed at a substantially central portion of the body portion 210.

Inside the mounting unit 200, a magnet member 230 is provided to maintain the closing force of the refrigerating compartment door 20. The magnet member 230 may be installed at the rear side of the front portion 211.

In the state in which the refrigerating compartment door 20 is closed, the front portion 211 is located at a position corresponding to an upper portion of the refrigerating compartment door 20.

In addition, an upper portion of the refrigerating compartment door 20 may be made of an iron material that can interact with the magnet member 230. At least, the refrigerating compartment door 20 corresponding to the magnet member 230 may be made of iron.

By the attraction force acting between the refrigerating compartment door 20 and the magnet member 230, the closed state of the refrigerating compartment door 20 may be maintained. In particular, in the process of closing any one of the plurality of refrigerating compartment door 20, there is an advantage that the other refrigerating compartment door can be shaken by the pressure change in the refrigerating compartment.

A plurality of magnet members 230 may be provided at positions corresponding to both side refrigerator doors 20.

Meanwhile, an inner rib 217 is provided inside the mounting unit 200 to fix the magnet member 230 and to reinforce the strength of the mounting unit 200. The magnet member 230 may be fixed by bonding or the like in a state of being fitted to one side of the inner rib 217.

6 is a perspective view showing a part of the configuration of the hinge cover unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the hinge cover unit 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a cover main body 110 forming an appearance and a side surface of the cover main body 100, and the mounting unit ( A coupling part 120 provided for coupling of 200 is included.

In detail, the coupling part 120 includes a coupling rib 121 to allow the cover main body 110 to be coupled to the main body 10, and extends to one side of the coupling rib 121 and the mounting unit ( An interference rib 123 interfering with the guide rib 250 and a reinforcing rib 124 provided for strength reinforcement of the coupling rib 121 and the interference rib 123 are included in the process of coupling 200.

The coupling rib 121 has a coupling hole 122 into which the coupling member 127 is inserted. The coupling member 127 is fixed to the upper surface of the main body 10 through the coupling hole 122.

The interference rib 113 extends in a direction parallel to the top surface of the main body 10 from the upper end of the coupling rib 121. Here, the interference rib 113 is disposed at a position spaced "b" from the upper surface of the main body 10 (see Fig. 3).

That is, the front lower side of the interference rib 113 is opened to allow the guide rib 250 to move from the front of the interference rib 113 toward the lower side of the interference rib 113. Here, "forward" means the same direction as the front of the main body 10.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 3, the height "a" of the guide rib 250 corresponds to the "b". In detail, it is formed to a size of "a" which is smaller than "b".

The guide rib 250 is inserted below the interference rib 123 from the front of the main body 10. In this process, the guide rib 250 and the interference rib 123 may interfere with each other to act as a friction force.

In addition, when a force greater than a frictional force is applied to the mounting unit 200, the guide rib 250 may be completely moved to the lower space of the interference rib 123. In this state, the guide rib 250 and the interference rib 123 may be kept tight.

When the mounting unit 200 is coupled to one side of the hinge cover unit 100, the interference rib 123 and the coupling rib 121 restrain the upper side and the rear side of the guide rib 250. Therefore, detachment of the mounting unit 200 can be prevented.

A plurality of reinforcing ribs 124 are provided on the coupling rib 121 and the interference rib 123. One surface of the reinforcing rib 124 is coupled to the cover body 110, and the other surface of the reinforcing rib 124 is coupled to the coupling rib 121 and the interference rib 123.

The reinforcing rib 124 prevents the coupling rib 121 and the interference rib from being damaged while the mounting unit 200 is coupled to one side of the hinge cover unit 100.

7 is a view showing a coupling state of the hinge cover unit and the mounting unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

An assembly process of the hinge cover unit 100 and the mounting unit 200 will be described with reference to FIG. 7.

First, the mounting unit 200 is positioned above the main body 10, and the fastening member 217 is coupled to the fastening hole 215. The fastening member 217 may be fixed to penetrate the upper surface of the main body 10.

The hinge cover unit 100 is positioned above the main body 10, and then the coupling member 127 is coupled to the coupling hole 122. The coupling member 127 may be fixed to penetrate the upper surface of the main body 10.

Next, as shown in FIG. 7, one side of the mounting unit 200 is pressed to allow the guide rib 250 to be moved downward (w direction) of the reinforcing rib 124. At this time, between the guide rib 250 and the reinforcing rib 124, a predetermined amount of friction force can be applied, the force pressing the mounting unit 200 should have a magnitude greater than the friction force.

Here, since the interference rib 123 is spaced apart from the upper surface of the main body 10, the guide rib 250 can be easily moved from the front of the interference rib 123 to the lower side of the interference rib 123. There will be.

When the assembly of the hinge cover unit 100 and the mounting unit 200 is completed, a predetermined friction force acts between the guide rib 250 and the interference rib 123, and the upper and rear sides of the guide rib 250 are You will be constrained.

In this case, the mounting unit 200 has an advantage that the flow can be minimized by maintaining the assembled state in place.

As a result, the mounting unit 200 is not protruded toward the front of the main body 10, the appearance is beautiful, the interference between the mounting unit 200 and the refrigerator door 20 does not occur, the noise generation effect can be reduced There is.

Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. Since the present embodiment differs only in the configuration of the engaging portion compared with the first embodiment, the description will be mainly focused on the difference, and the description and reference numerals of the first embodiment are used for the same parts.

8 is a perspective view showing a part of the configuration of the hinge cover unit according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, in the hinge cover unit 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, a cover main body 110 forming an appearance and a side surface of the cover main body 100 are provided to the mounting unit 200. ) Is coupled to the coupling portion 120 to be coupled.

The coupling portion 120, the coupling rib 121 for coupling the hinge cover unit 100 to the main body 10, and extending to one side of the coupling rib 121, the mounting unit 200 is An interference rib 123 interfering with the guide rib 250 and an interference protrusion 128 protruding downward from the interference rib 123 are included in the coupling process.

The interference protrusion 128 has a substantially hemispherical shape, and may be formed below one side end of the interference rib 123.

The interference protrusion 128 is formed at a height of “c” from the upper surface of the main body 10. The “c” may have a size substantially equal to the height “a” of the guide rib 250.

In the process in which the mounting unit 200 is coupled to the hinge cover unit 100, the guide rib 250 interferes with the lower end of the interference protrusion 128.

In this state, when the force is further pushed into the mounting unit 200, the interference rib 123 and the interference protrusion 128 are elastically moved upward, and the guide rib 250 is the interference rib 123 It can be moved through the secured space below the.

To this end, the interference rib 123 and the interference protrusion 128 may be made of a material capable of elastic movement.

In addition, for easy elastic movement of the interference rib 123 and the interference protrusion 128, a reinforcing rib 124 may not be provided above the interference rib 123 unlike the first embodiment.

When the assembly of the mounting unit 200 is completed, the guide rib 250 may be positioned below the interference rib 123 through the interference protrusion 128.

The upper side and the rear side of the guide rib 250 may be restrained by the interference rib 123 and the coupling rib 121, and the front of the guide rib 250 may be restrained by the interference protrusion 128.

As a result, since the exact position of the mounting unit 200 may be maintained, the appearance may be improved and noise may be reduced due to opening and closing of the refrigerator door.

1 is a perspective view showing a refrigerator according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion “A” of FIG. 1. FIG.

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a coupling structure of the hinge cover unit and the mounting unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

4 shows a configuration of a mounting unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II ′ of FIG. 4.

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing a part of the configuration of the hinge cover unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a view showing a coupling state of the hinge cover unit and the mounting unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a perspective view showing a part of the configuration of the hinge cover unit according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

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A main body forming a storage compartment; A door rotatably coupled to the front of the main body and into which a hinge shaft is inserted; A hinge cover unit provided on an upper surface of the main body and covering the hinge axis; And Includes a mounting unit coupled to one side of the hinge cover unit, In the hinge cover unit, A coupling rib to allow the hinge cover unit to be coupled to the main body; And A refrigerator provided on one side of the coupling ribs, the refrigerator includes an interference rib spaced apart from the upper surface of the main body for coupling the mounting unit. The method of claim 1, In the mounting unit, And a guide rib coupled to the lower side of the interference rib. The method of claim 2, And a height of the guide rib corresponds to a distance from which the interference rib is spaced apart from an upper surface of the main body. The method of claim 2, Under the interference rib, A refrigerator provided with an interference protrusion that interferes with the guide rib while the mounting unit is coupled. The method of claim 1, And the mounting unit is mounted by moving from the front of the interference rib toward the lower side of the interference rib. The method of claim 1, In the mounting unit, A refrigerator provided with a magnet member in which attractive force acts on the door. Fastening the mounting unit to an upper surface of the refrigerator main body; A hinge cover unit coupled to one side of the mounting unit; And And a guide rib of the mounting unit is moved below the interference rib of the hinge cover unit. The method of claim 7, wherein In the process of moving the guide rib, The guide rib is moved from the open side of the interference rib toward the lower side of the interference rib assembly method of the refrigerator.
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